PHIL 4240 - Topics in German Philosophy

(crosslisted)
(also GERST 4170 )

Fall, spring. 4 credits.

Co-meets with GERST 6241/PHIL 6240.

Fall, M. Kosch; spring, A. Chignell.

Fall Topic: Kant and Fichte.

Spring Topic: Leibniz.

Diplomat, lawyer, historian, engineer, religious reformer, and inventor of the calculus, G.W. Leibniz (1646-1716) also managed in his spare time to become one of the greatest philosophers since Aristotle. This course focuses on Leibniz’s metaphysics, epistemology, and value theory.